13 May the God of hope fill you with all (A)joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

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14 (B)I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,[a] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with (C)all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, (D)because of the grace given me by God 16 to be (E)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles (F)in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that (G)the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:14 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 30

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(A) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(B)

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,(C) filled with knowledge(D) and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me(E) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.(F) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,(G) so that the Gentiles might become an offering(H) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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